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w. M. HORNBECK.

AUTOMATIC STOCK FEEDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. |911- III Emme smoes PATENT onnien. t

M. Henman, 6F 211ml, @more Eboliwhowepmagfcoweern: "f L l; u

Be itknoWnthat I, WILLIAM Holm-l encino citizen ot che4 United States,resi-d+;

f StockfFeeding lVlaeh-ines; and l1 do h'ereby declaretha-t the ollowing is `awfull,clean):

and geXact description ofi the invention', Whichl willenable others, skilled in the art .to `which it -appertains to mIake: and` use the same.,

l Thisv invention relates l. ltoz .new andl useful; improvements infautomatie stock, :feeders:l n f An' object of, elleinventionl is torfurnish stock` .teeder i and a; lpeculiarly Aformed and. peculiarly mounted agitator `therefor Yfor moving .the materalto a positionHLto" be reached by the aninals. 1 l l To `the end` that 'my invention may be readily and thoroughly understood, IIfhttxe provided the!1 accomfpanyirrgfy dravvifn'g,` in Wlliichsf. y Y

. Y Figure; L shows my machine in perspective.

Fig .2 is asecti-onalen-d elevati-on `of the same...

l Figs 3` is:- a plan! of an agitator.

Fig.; 4 is a, crossseet'ion of one of theparts of .they agitator taken `ons Aline .4l-4f Fig. 3, viewed iti the' direction of the dart'f.

VFig. .is a tross` section of another :pori tion of the same` on line 5-5, Fig. 3; and, `Fig; Gis a. cross section o'fstill another part .taken on lined-76, viewed Ain the dfreef tionfoffthedaitf. f A i if The bodyofthefeeder is? made up of ,tl-le ends Af and .the-sides B: which', asf shown. in

y Figs.- l'vand 255er@ closer together at their upper portions vtheir attheirfbasesso that? the feeder attire'l bottomI yWill be muela greater in areatlta-n that lat itsv upper portions. QB represents atop of any suite-bleef desired formA which may be hinged orv otherwise-attached, or, be removable.- .l y

`C represents an, inner' longitudinalfwall which may' be thicker at its upper end than at thebottom andD D; represent transverse Walls; which; as shown in Fig.` 1,1inrbroken lines, are; likewise: `til-richer at the; topf than at the `bottolnrby' which any one off; the corn.- partnents formed thereby .Will have greater area at the bottom than at? the top.A

i Ejfindicatesnthe bottom of-th-e feederwhich preferably slants upward. troi'nfeach Well B towardvthewmiddle or beneath the wall C. Eachedge terminatesin al portion; F slanted l 'f retourne groote-msnm@ monroe.

upward at any oppositeI an letofornm a feed? ing trouglt` Gr', and ticatesuan opening beneatheach wall Bfcovererl b a slide J, vertically adjustableand secureef'inany de'h sired position, for instance by means of bolts K and `vying-nuts' L, z seidy bolts being fastenedin the, Wall',4 :for exam-ple;` The slidelmay have one ormore' slots M through which the bolts eXtend,.the` said wingsnuts serving` tosecure thefslide `im thenpositiot` desired. N' is a small sldeat ea'elrendoi thefteeder to'accommo'date al 'smallcompartment,- while tlae described slfi'derJ may be o'f considerablelength and accommodate a' large si'ngle ooms' partment or several smaller 0neS,.1yi,o;` 'bes tween those. havingslides Tld arrangement oiitlteslides; however,:is unirri-` portantsince they `aren-Well knownhstruetures and' no claim isv made" thereto of them# selves.n 5 1'. 3 l

My `feeder by reason oli its being provided With'thel outwarrdly and downwardly flaring sidesis adapted or feeding hay, alfalfa,- or other like' material whiehrwh'en more or less compressed',` as' is well known, will engage the Walls by frictiom: sof theft itv Will'not readilyfdeseend" a compartment Whose Walls were' parallel. w

' By arifngtthe Walls,showeve`,- thel mateniel will gradually descendifas itfis used, aided', ot'v course*7 by its? i .constant vvtithdra-Wal through the feeds openings" Hbythefenimwls. When: .feed of otherV kifndsi` is used: suchl as oats, oil meal, eliopfteed, and' the( llik'e',='wl'1ieh may be damp or in su'cl'lrsherpe at least as to beeome cakledbthe tact thatzthe wells tell* Hare outwardly at the` bottorrrwvilll ,permit lthe muss` in any one eornpaiiltmexrt to' deseerld intox the? -grad-rmlly Widenimg spiace:

v I have' provide-d aspeciel agitat'oryshown inplen'in Fig. 3, fonuse'with' feediitr this condition. It has the form of a skeleton frame 1 having roundedwend 0y continuing into parallel extensions P connected` atfthei-r outer ends by af portion* Q. Parallelto the extensions P and lyingbetweem them.` is a substantially oenftralextensien-R pivotedat S upon: the bottom E eithe machines. g Said agitatorfhas anu-puferdly bent extension., T Whichlies outside the si'de' B and the slide J substantially as shown` in' Fig `The cross' section et the rounded-'inner endy and the extension P is as `shown inyFig. 4. Tha-t is to say, the` outer edges Vot the `nier-itioned Y parts are lcomparative'ly thin-while the inside edges are somewhat thicker, also the part Qis thin at its inner edge andthick at its outer edge. portion Q lies substantially beneath the slide J.

The extension T lying position tobeV operatedby the animalV in feeding is swung from side to side on its vpivotto-'agitate the feed andwork it down into the trough G.

The broken" lines in-Fig.` 31 show the posi-`V tions taken'iup by theagitator Vinits extreme kpositions and it willv be clearly: understood that since the outer edges Within Vthe machine are narrowest they lwill cut'underfthe, caked feedwhile thek inner thicker edges will moveV i the feed over the bottom E, each succeeding movement'workingthe feed closer. to thek frontfinallydepositing.it inthe trough at thevlowest portion'of the l.inclined bottom. As the feed Works down toward they slide Vand gets behind the thickerV outeredge of the portionQ that' portionwill positively force the 'feed'. out 'to .a position whereit can be reachedbythe animal which in feedingwill operateit. r-

vThislform of agitator linafeeding machine operatingzwith'caked feed, oil cake,

or condition powder, and the like, has been Vfound to produce `most excellent results. e p

The pivot point S of the agitator is spaced from thecenter from which the curved extension O is described. andlies between the inner andouter ends 'of the structure so that the said Vcurved extension-,will'have a side-V wise; swing andv cut beneath the material in the same way as the` extensions P, the extensions swinging in opposite directions.

Each compartment ofthe 'feeding machineynomatter what its size may be, or if thereis but-one compartment only, when widest att-he bottomwilllpermit feed'of any 'nature to easily -descendas it is used, and

therewill be no-chance,wtherefo`re, for the material: to 'lodge' above y the agitator and stop-moving'downward. Y

Y 1 vI desireto make it'clear thatit is not my intention to be confined exactly to ywhat is shown and described since various changes may be .made -inf the structures `without, de-V frame arranged tofipivot between its v"ends within the 'machine uponrv its floor, said y', es'

Vframe vbeing rounded at "one of its ends and having substantially 'straight f parallel extensions each'proj'ecting from sai'dfrounded pari-)outside lthe, wall of said machine,jthe outer marginal edges of the latter andthe .Y

parallel; extensions being thinner than their In its position for use the inner edges, the said frame atA its end outside Y the said machine having a portion extend- Y ing perpendicularly to the plane thereof.

2. vAs an article of'manufacture, an agitator for afeeding machine comprising a fiat skeletonlike vframe structure arranged to f' pivot between its ends, one of its ends being rounded and described from a center spaced from the pivoting point of said frame, the rounded end ,extending into substantially straight 4.parallel ,portions lying loutward from the said pivoting point,-'the frarnei'at the otherend having a portion extending.' Y perpendicularly to` the plane thereof, the

pivot Vpoint lyingvinside the machine,'the last described and lying outside the same.v 3. As an article of manufacture, anagitator fora feeding machine comprising4 a flat skeleton-like frame having VVa rounded por'-` tion vat one end terminating in spa-ced ex-l tensions lying substantially parallelto Vone Y another, and a substantially centralportionV arranged to be pivotally 1nount'ed,the position of thepivot'therefor `lying between the ends of the frame, theframe at the'end opposite the rounded portion having aportion extending perpendicularly" to the planeV thereof and lying outside the,l machine, the pivotJ of the frame lying 4Within said machine@ f' Y. y

4. As an article of'manufacture, an agitator for a feeding machine comprising a fiat t lskeleton-like''frame havingl a rounded por tion at one end `terminating inV spaced ex-v tensions lying substantially parallel to one another, and a substantially central portion arranged to be pivotallyI mounted, the positionv of the pivot therefor lying between'the ends of the frame andV spaced from the center from whichV the said rounded portion is Vdescribed,- the frame at its end opposite` the c rounded portion havinga portion extending perpendicularly Yto the planeV thereofy lying outside the wall of lthe machine,the pivot of the frainelying inside saidwall. Y Y

5. As'an article of manufacture, an 'agita-` tor for a :feeding machine` comprising a flat I tion aty one end terminatingV in Vspaced ex# tensions lying substantiallyparallel .toone another, and a substantially central portion, vsaid frame Aalso having-a portion connecting each spaced V extensionwith the said central portion, the latter being arranged tof be piv- Votally 1' mounted Vbetween theA said rounded vportion andthe connecting-portions, the Vframe at its end opposite the, rounded por- Vskeleton-like framehaving a roundedV por-y tion havinga portion extending perpendicularly tothe plane thereof lying` outside Vthe wall of themachine, the pivot of the frame lying inside said'wall.

6. As an articlelof manufacture, an agita-VV tor for a feeding machine comprising a'fiat skeleton-likel frame Vhaving-a rounded por-v tion at one end terminating in spaced extensions lying substantially parallel to one another, and a substantially central portion, said frame also having a portion connecting each spaced extension with the said central portion, the latter being arranged to be pivotally mounted between the said rounded portion and the connecting portions, the outermost edges of each of said connecting portions lying at an acute angle to the central portion and its respective spaced extension, the frame at its end opposite the rounded portion having a portion extending perpendicularly to the plane thereof lying outside the wall of the machine, the pivot of the frame lying inside said wall.

7. As an article of manufacture, an agitator for a feeding machine comprising a flat Copies ot this patent may be obtained tor skeleton-like frame having a rounded portion at one end terminatlng in spaced extensions lying substantially parallel to one another, and a substantially central portion arranged to be pivotally mounted, the position of the pivot therefor lying between the ends of the frame, said frame having an extension bent in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the frame, lyino' outside the wall of the machine, the pivot o the frame lying within the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. HORNBECK. Witnesses:

MINNIE KINSINGER, LAURA HORNBECK.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, '.D. C. 

